Sleepy in Seattle

Sleepy in Seattle

"Good" and "evil" are concepts of western culture, and even within western culture, different social classes and groups will define the terms differently. Furthermore, what was "evil" at one time will not be the same as what is "evil" today. In other words, the terms are relative and there's no objective standard of what's good and what's evil. Therefore I think no one is "naturally" either one or the other but come to be considered one or the other by the social groups they are a part of as they age. Neither does it seem likely that more than a few people could ever be reasonably considered totally "evil" and probably none at all totally "good". "Good" and "evil" are concepts of western culture, and even within western culture, different social classes and groups will define the terms differently. Furthermore, what was "evil" at one time will not be the same as what is "evil" today. In other words, the terms are relative and there's no objective standard of what's good and what's evil. Therefore I think no one is "naturally" either one or the other but come to be considered one or the other by the social groups they are a part of as they age. Neither does it seem likely that more than a few people could ever be reasonably considered totally "evil" and probably none at all totally "good". "Good" and "evil" are concepts of western culture, and even within western culture, different social classes and groups will define the terms differently. Furthermore, what was "evil" at one time will not be the same as what is "evil" today. In other words, the terms are relative and there's no objective standard of what's good and what's evil. Therefore I think no one is "naturally" either one or the other but come to be considered one or the other by the social groups they are a part of as they age. Neither does it seem likely that more than a few people could ever be reasonably considered totally "evil" and probably none at all totally "good".

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